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• >> Is this The Satanic Verses all over again?

  “This is censorship by fear and it sets a very bad precedent indeed.”

• >> Does Apple Really Want To Be An Internet Censor?

  The most recent incident of an application being pulled though is raising the specter of Apple censorship; or at least applying their own moral judgement of whether an application can be listed. Such is the case of Infurious Comics and their Comic Reader that was meant for easier distribution and reading of web comics on the iPhone.

• >> Gunshots in Pop Song "Paper Planes" Controversial

  This falls in the category of missing the point of the song as do most attempts at censorship. "Paper Planes," the breakthrough pop smash by British artist of Sri Lankan descent M.I.A., incorporates the sound of gunshots in the chorus to help underline the points being made in the song about images of immigrants.

• >> Censorship we can believe in!

  Do Barack Obama and his promoters believe that our given right in the First Amendment only applies to them? These people want to be given the power of the presidency and don’t respect our Freedom of Speech. The Obamaniacs are in a battle trying to silence an ad that questions Barack Obama’s association with William Ayers.

• >> Obama’s Campaign wants Censorship or Jail time for Ad

  Obama is good friends with self admitted terrorist Ayers. Obama's campaign wants non-profit group in jail.

• >> LEAP Becomes Latest Victim of Government Censorship

  Retired police detective, Howard Wooldridge, representing Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) was ousted from the National Asian Peace Officers Association (NAPOA) Conference in Crystal City because he was representing a view contrary U.S. government policy.

• >> Apple bans Murderdrome App -- App Store goes to Hell

  Apple has banned yet another "controversial" (meaning FUN!) app from the App Store, making it the number one place to avoid taking risks in product development. The makers of the violent R-rated comic, Infurious, are accepting comments at their blog which they say they will pass on to Apple. Tell Steve Jobs how you feel about Net censorship!!

• >> Propeller.COM Just Banned An Article For TOS Violation. Why?

  Would Digg have banned the article as well? Is social networking becoming a victim of corporate censorship?

• >> Treemo feels pinch of Chinese censors

  Chinese Internet censorship -- in the news quite a bit since the start of the Olympics -- is having an impact on at least one Seattle startup.A Chinese partner site of Treemo, the Seattle mobile social networking service, was taken down recently.

• >> Presidential Candidates & Space Invaders

  Video games are my second love, I must admit. Politics is my first. So, you can only imagine how happy I get when the two somehow cross paths. When legislators aren't discussing gaming in a broader censorship narrative, they are embracing them in other, strange ways. One need only look at John McCain's "Pork Invaders"